It's come to light over the past 24 hrs that a forum user registered as "MichealUllman" has been sending private messages that contain a Trojan virus to other SPCR board members. This account has now been killed, but at the moment, there's nothing to stop others from doing the same. The PM system may be deactivated temporarily while we deal with this issue.

If anyone should receive any PM or email similar to the sample shown below, do not click on any links, and please post the relevant info in the Official Anti-Spam thread: viewtopic.php?t=54326 Forum mods/admin subscribe to this thread.

Sample of Spam Msg:-------------------------------

Quote:

Dear, [forum member]!

Spam sending from your computer was detected.We highly recommend you to check your computer and perform online virus check at our site immediately: http: / / securitytool-2010.net/online-scanner/trxmanIf you do not pass this test we will have to delete your account and forward a complaint to your ISP with attached log file (your IP address, etc.).

I had a problem with spambots on my forum. I was getting 10-15 new bots a day. The problem is the spam bot programs now are automated, they signup, follow the activation email links, and handle CAPTCHAs via workers in China/India. The solution I found that is still working was the PHPBB kittenauth plugin. In the past ~2 years I've had a few (2-3) non-automated spammers register. By forcing them to use a human to do the registration it forces them to find low hanging fruit elsewhere.

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